Device for depilatory purposes



Jan. 1I, 1949.

E. KERR DEVICE FOR DEPILATORY PURPOSES Filed July 29, 1947 .Da f

lNvzNToR CTELLEN KEER.

Patented Jan. 11, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application July 29, 1947, Serial No. 764,532 In Great Britain August 29, 1944 Section 1, Public L Patent expire aw 690, August 8, 1946 s August 29, 19.64

3 Claims. (Cl. 128-354) This invention comprises an improved device for depilatory purposes and has for its object to provide a device of this kind in which the hairs are extracted from the skin by means of a coiled spring carried by a holder incorporating means for opening or closing the coils thereof.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 illustrates one form of the improved device in which the spring is in the normally open state shown.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same form of device with the spring in its closed state.

Figure 3 is another view of the same form of device in axial plane section.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are views similar to Figures l, 2 and 3 of another form of the improved device in which the spring is normally in the closed state.

In the form of the improved device shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, that is to say, in the normally open form, the spring a is arranged between a head b on a central rod or pin c attached by means of a transverse pin d to the sliding tubular pulled sharply In the alt and 6, that is away from the skin. rnative form shown in Figuresl, 5 to say, in the normally closed form,

the spring to grip the hair for removal.

2. Improvements in devices for depilatory purposes comprising in combination, a xed mem- ELLEN KERR.

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